fredag 17 september 2010

Don't ask us to strip! We want to make a good impression when applying for a job!

"Please register at our homepage" they say, "under carrer".
Sure. The first thing I have to fill in is my personal identification number, which means the day I'm born. It feels like being invited to the building of a large company, but in the reception I'm asked to take off my clothes! Would you do that? I wouldn't.

I'm looking for a job where I use my brain, why is the age of my body interesting? The recruiters first impression will be "oh, that woman is 15 years older than me", or "she could be one of my mother's friends". My age is interesting in many situations, but not when I apply for a job.

The first thing to do in order to stop the age discrimination in Sweden, is to stop asking for our exact age. Please don't ask us to strip, that's humiliating!